Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Early life and career  





2 Political career  





3 Personal life  





4 References  





5 External links  














Ira B. Bradford






مصرى
 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Ira B. Bradford
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
In office
1880–1882
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
In office
1902–1903
Personal details
Born(1851-06-24)June 24, 1851
Fulton, Wisconsin
DiedSeptember 1, 1916(1916-09-01) (aged 65)
Augusta, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAllie M. Burnham
RelationsWilliam Bradford
ChildrenArchie E, Bradford
Sadie M. Bradford
ProfessionLawyer, Banker, Politician

Ira B. Bradford (June 24, 1851 – September 1, 1916) was an American lawyer, banker and politician. He served as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in the late 1880s and early 1900s.

Early life and career[edit]

Bradford was born in Fulton, Wisconsin,[1][2] and was raised and educated in New Hampshire.[1][3] He was admitted to the bar in Monroe, Wisconsin in 1873, he and took up residence in Augusta, Wisconsin.[4] He helped establish the Augusta State Bank in 1875 and served as director.[5]

Political career[edit]

Bradford was elected to the Assembly in 1880 and was reelected in 1881. During his second term he served as Speaker of the Assembly, making him the youngest person to serve as Speaker at the time.[6] Bradford declined to run for reelection at the end of his second term.

He was elected the first Mayor of Augusta in 1885,[1][7] where he was also Village Attorney. Bradford was a candidate for governor in 1899,[8] and in 1902 he was again elected to the Assembly.

Personal life[edit]

Bradford was related to Massachusetts Colonial Governor William Bradford.[9] He was married to Allie M. Burnham and they had two children, Archie E, Bradford and Sadie M. Bradford. He died in Augusta following a lingering illness.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Ira B. Bradford Called by Death". Eau Claire Leader. September 2, 1916. p. 5. Retrieved July 15, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  • ^ "Bio: Bradford, Ira B. Hon". Clark County, WI Internet Library. Archived from the original on 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  • ^ "Ira B Bradford". Augusta. Archived from the original on August 10, 2007. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  • ^ "Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Bradford, Ira B." USGenWeb Archives. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  • ^ Wisconsin. State Banking Dept (1917). Annual Report of the Commissioner of Banking of State and Mutual Savings Banks of Wisconsin. Democrat Print. Company. p. 38.
  • ^ Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly (1917). Journal Proceedings of the 1917 Session of the Wisconsin Legislature. Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 125.
  • ^ Thomson, Alexander MacDonald (1900). A Political History of Wisconsin. E.C. Williams. p. 356. ira b bradford wisconsin.
  • ^ The Sentinel Almanac and Book of Facts. Sentinel Company. 1900. p. ixiv.
  • ^ Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. American Publishers' Association. 1904. p. 139.
  • External links[edit]



    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ira_B._Bradford&oldid=1128197652"

    Categories: 
    1851 births
    1916 deaths
    Mayors of places in Wisconsin
    Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
    People from Fulton, Wisconsin
    People from Monroe, Wisconsin
    People from Augusta, Wisconsin
    Wisconsin lawyers
    19th-century American lawyers
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with short description
    Short description matches Wikidata
     



    This page was last edited on 18 December 2022, at 23:31 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki